Comments on: Bacchus Epicerie Goodies

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:23:16 +0000

Thanks to the web, i found out your site, Marketman !!! I just moved from France to live with my pinoy family in Tabon, Cavite. And I was desperate to find where to find stores and products from Europa… I went twice in Makati, but for a new resident, it is quite hard to know where to head for…

By the way, I have seen on that store pics, that they sell Labeyrie products, smoked salmon, foie gras….

Sorry to say that Labeyrie is the largest industrial foie gras and smoked salmon wholeseller in France, meaning that unforunately their products are far to be worth the price we may pay for here… I think (but this is my opinion) that luxury grocery stores could offer these, coming from artisans, as the south-west france has a lot of little producers in foie gras, which are “family made” and are a real experience to taste, and prices are not so much higher, compared with the highest quality.

I took with me my own force-feeding device, and just hope in some time, do my own foie gras, duck’s magrets, and confits , as i did while living oversea…

Who knows, I might send you some pics, when I will begin to do my foie gras !

By: kate

kate — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:10:28 +0000

Hello MM! Pls. help me!! I was wondering where I can get the same thin big flour wrapper like the ones they use in ristras ..the mexican resto in wilson.=) Thank you.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 12:50:59 +0000

Santis on Yakal Street currently have the real vanilla. I saw it 2 days ago

By: RT

RT — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:24:35 +0000

@corinne, check out Healthy Options for real vanilla extract

By: junb

junb — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:12:18 +0000

Same here…whenever I’m stress @ work I either go to market, cook a nice dinner and next thing I know I’m recharge. I normally start my weekend here in singapore @ 6am to visit the market and find whatever fresh produce or catch I can cook. Last weekend I went to the Tekka Market at Serangoon and was surprise too see the following:

– Fresh greenpeppercorn
– Fresh Bamboo shoots
– nice looking fresh mixed salad
– Fresh herbs (Rosemary, thyme, parsley, tarragon etc..)
– Meat shop that has a menu written in tagalog such as Bulalo, caldereta, papaitan, kare-kare,bopis, libro and tualya. They even have a pinoy worker with them.

Even the vegetable seller knows the pilipino name of each vegetable. I guess the filipino customers is getting bigger here in singapore.

By: Nel

Nel — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:07:41 +0000

@corrine – try the cooking/baking supplies store at the foodcourt area of rockwell. They have whole vanilla bean and might have the vanilla extract you’re looking for.

By: botchok

botchok — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:16:24 +0000

I hope Santa reads your blog MM, because on top of my Christmas wish list is the “dream basket” and secondly will probably be the Zubuchon.

By: k. ramos

k. ramos — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:51:52 +0000

Read somewhere (I think it was a Yahoo page) that Atlantic farmed salmon are full of chemicals that are toxic to humans… *yuck*

By: corrine

corrine — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:17:10 +0000

Thanks for the tips! Would you know where to buy good quality vanilla extract? Ive checked S&R and Santis but no luck. I hope there is one in Bacchus. Have bought some in the USA sometime ago but here, I’ve found none. Am tempted to make my own vanilla but too late for the holidays. :(

By: socky

socky — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:06:49 +0000

I got the pre-portioned foie gras too! No more de-veining! Love it. Best thing since sliced bread he-he-he. Cooked it two nights in a row and now again as we speak.